Round 2 - Christmas Characters1. The Grinch Dr. Seuss (The Grinch Who Stole Christmas)2. Ebenezer Scrooge Charles Dickens (A Christmas Carol)3. The Snowman (from the book of the same name) Raymond Briggs4. The Christmasaurus Tom Fletcher5. The Hogfather Terry Pratchett6. Mr. Christmas Roger Hargreaves7. The Nutcracker and the Mouse King E.T.A. Hoffman (Tchaikovsky’s ballet is based on this original story)8. The Little Match Girl Hans Christian Andersen9. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Robert Lewis May10. The Other Wise Man Henry van Dyke

Round 3 - General Christmas Knowledge1. Who first released a recording of the song ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ in 1957? Bobby Helms2. A toy of which ‘Sesame Street’ character became a popular but elusive Christmas toy in 1996? Elmo (Tickle Me Elmo)3. Who played Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1935 film version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ entitled ‘Scrooge’? Sir Seymour Hicks4. ‘Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume breathes of life, of gathering gloom…’ These are words taken from which Christmas carol? We Three Kings5. How many ‘Home Alone’ films were made in total, including those only produced for television? 5 (Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Home Alone 3, Home Alone 4 and Home Alone: The Holiday Heist – the last two were TV movies only)6. Although the first windows of Advent calendars are opened on the 1st December, this is not when Advent actually starts and its exact date moves each year. How is the start of Advent decided? It is the fourth Sunday before Christmas (27th November in 2016 and 3rd December in 2017)7. Which storm caused intensive flooding with homes being evacuated in Lancashire and Yorkshire just before Christmas in 2015? Storm Eva8. Which hugely influential English physicist and mathematician was born on Christmas day in the year 1642? Sir Isaac Newton9. Which of the puppets plays the author and narrator Charles Dickens in the 1992 film ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’? The Great Gonzo10. In which year was the Christmas John Lewis advert entitled ‘Monty the Penguin’? 2014

Round 5 - Christmas Quotes1. “I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.” Shirley Temple2. “My mother-in-law has come round to our house at Christmas seven years running. This year we’re having a change. We’re going to let her in.” Les Dawson3. “Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won’t make it white.” Bing Crosby4. “Always winter but never Christmas.” C.S. Lewis (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)5. “The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.” George Carlin6. “Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more!” Dr Seuss (How the Grinch Stole Christmas)7. “I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas, with a note on it saying ‘toys not included'” Bernard Manning8. “First of all, I’ve been having a wonderful run of luck with cover albums, songs I didn’t write. I had five pop cover albums and two Christmas albums and they were all very successful.” Barry Manilow9. “One can never have enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single pair. People will insist on giving me books.” J.K. Rowling (Professor Dumbledore in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’10. “The one thing women don’t want to find in their stockings on Christmas morning is their husband.” Joan Rivers

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